TIME:SPANS 2025 Talea Ensemble Performs "the divine thawing of the core" (2025) by Chaya Czernowin, World Premiere
Co-commissioned by The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust, Darmstadt Summer Course, and the Lucerne Festival supported by Foundation Pierre Boulez
Talea Ensemble
James Baker, conductor
Claire Chase, contrabass flute soloist
Laura Cocks, Flute
Yoshi Weinberg, Flute
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, Flute
Catherine Boyack, Flute
Amir Farsi, Flute
Michael Matsuno, Flute
Michelle Farah, Oboe
Stuart Breczinksi, Oboe
Christa Robinson, Oboe
Jeffrey Reinhardt, Oboe
Karen Birch Blundell, Oboe
Mekhi Gladden, Oboe
Sam Jones, Trumpet
Jerome Burns, Trumpet
ChangHyun Cha, Trumpet
Alejandro López-Samamé, Trumpet
Atse Theodros, Trumpet
Robert Garrison, Trumpet
Mike Lormand, Trombone
Dan Peck, Tuba
Margaret Kampmeier, Piano
Sae Hashimoto, Percussion
Chris Gross, Cello
Brian Snow, Cello
Thapelo Masita, Cello
Daniel Neumann, Sound Engineer
Merve Kayan, Cameras
Felipe Wurst, Additional Cameras
Isabel Frye, Video Editing
Daniel Neumann, Audio Recording
Nico Osborne, Assistant Engineer
Caley Monahon-Ward, Audio Mixing
Burke Brown, Lighting Design
TIME:SPANS Festival Staff
Thomas Fichter, Executive/Artistic director
Caley Monahon-Ward, Director of Production
Kayleigh Butcher, Program Coordinator
Carly Levin, Production Manager
Chris Griswold, Assistant Production Manager
Filmed at Mary Flagler Cary Hall DiMenna Center for Classical Music on August 19, 2025
Produced for TIME:SPANS 2025 by the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust